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    * Persuasive Speech On Racism Chelsea Boatey Introduction: I. Attention Getter: “Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn ’t matter which color does the hating. It ’s just plain wrong.” – Muhammed Ali (http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/racism II. Listener Relevance and Identification: From the speeches you’ve heard from all people present‚ I’m sure you have observed the different blend of cultures we have here. It is great that this class appreciates diversity

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    TJ Grayson Angie Asmussen English 1213 27 January 2015 Racism Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race‚ especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. It is also defined as prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. This means that racism can come in both intentional and unintentional forms‚ although

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    Racism “Scout‚ nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything – like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain – ignorant‚ trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves‚ when they want a common‚ ugly term to label somebody" (Lee 108). Racism can hurt people‚ in the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the theme racism plays a generous sized role. The movie and book show parts of racism that

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    Racism existed between European and Aboriginal people and Chinese gold diggers in the 19th century Australia. This can be shown through evidence such and the discrimination and persecution towards these different races. In 1788 the British arrived in Australia in order to set up a new penal colony. Although the Aboriginals had been living on the land for 50‚000 years before the Europeans discovered the land as terra nullius and claimed it as their own. The Chinese arrived in Australia in 1853

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    In the novel Maus II by Art Spiegelman you hear first hand from a survivor of Auschwitz the experiences of the holocaust and the horrific consequences of racism. Race is something that has developed over time and is constantly changing. Race is something that is seen differently by different people. “There is a continuous temptation to think of race as an essence‚ as something fixed‚ concrete‚ and objective. And there is also an opposite temptation: to imagine race as a mere illusion” (Michael Omi

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    In today’s society‚ racism is generally less of an issue than in the past. However‚ there are still some who believe otherwise. Just because a person is ‘black’ it does not mean they should be treated as a different person. Everyone should be treated equally no matter what their background is. Joe Bloe reports… An incredible number of children grow up being heavily influenced by the previously decided values and beliefs of their individual families. Whether it is their sexual preference‚ forthcoming

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    Racism The reality of living in a perfect world is a statement that is far from the truth. Although many of us would like to believe that everyone lives equal lives‚ is treated respectfully‚ and has equal rights‚ it is clear that these aspects are not consistently present in today’s society. We live in a diverse world that is separated by race‚ orientation and gender. A world where the media defines what makes a person “normal” and what types of people are secluded from society because of what they

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    Racism in Different Forms These two stories have to do with a great deal of racism and ignorance within American culture along with culture around the world. To give a quick overview into the two books The Bluest Eye takes place during the 1940’s during a time of great racism and hatred toward African-American and minority culture as a whole. To make matters even worse there is racism within cultures which plays a major role in the story. While A Stranger in the Village written in 1955 depicts

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    Week 2: Assignment 2 The History and Statistics of Racism Diamond Clegatt 4/19/2013 The topic I chose today is racism in America today. I chose this topic because I feel like it’s a subject that people are starting to take lightly. I believe that people are unaware that it still exist. A lot of people don’t know what being racism means. It’s a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular

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    white owners. Despite the fact that the actual act of slavery no longer remained‚ the remnants of slavery were left behind in social context. Slavery ended years ago‚ African Americans today are greatly affected by the social racism that takes place every day in the South. Racism is something that is still very much present in today’s society and still portrays what the black slaves had to go through before the Civil War. The question is: should every African American be compensated for what their ancestors

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